Planning Commission meeting agenda packet 7-9-25

City of Pleasanton—Vineyard Avenue Residential Project Consistency Checklist 15183 Consistency Checklist 134 Compliance with Applicable Plans, Policies, or Regulations The Housing Element Update FEIR indicated development on potential sites for housing could expose new noise-sensitive uses to traffic or railroad noise levels in excess of the City’s established normally acceptable noise land use compatibility standards. The Housing Element Update FEIR concluded that development consistent with the Housing Element Update that would include single- or multi-family land use development adjacent to roadway segments identified in Table 3.11-7 (in the Housing Element Update Draft EIR) that have modeled noise levels in excess of 60 dBA or 65 dBA Day/Night Noise Level (Ldn), respectively, as measured at 50 feet from the centerline of the outermost travel lane, would be required to demonstrate compliance with General Plan policies and incorporate project design features that would reduce traffic noise impacts for proposed development on that project site. In addition, any residential development on Site 27 (PUSD-Vineyard) must also comply with the measures included in the Vineyard Avenue Corridor Specific Plan. Stationary Operational Noise Impacts-Mechanical Equipment Operations The Housing Element Update FEIR indicated that a significant impact would occur if operational noise levels generated by stationary noise sources at development projects on the potential sites for housing would result in a substantial permanent increase in ambient noise levels in excess of the City’s noise standards. The City has established operational noise performance standards for residential properties in Section 9.04.030 of the Municipal Code which prohibits noise levels in excess of 60 dBA at any point outside the property plane unless otherwise provided in the Municipal Code. In addition, the Vineyard Avenue Corridor Specific Plan requires projects to meet “acceptable exterior noise level standards” under Noise Element Policy 1. Primary stationary noise source associated with development consistent with the Housing Element Update would be new mechanical ventilation system equipment operations. The Housing Element Update FEIR concluded that these stationary source operational noise levels could exceed the City’s threshold of 60 dBA as measured at a project property plane if they were to occur at a location closer than 25 feet from the project boundary. Development consistent with the Housing Element Update would comply with applicable goals, policies, and programs in the General Plan. To ensure compliance with applicable goals, policies, and programs, development consistent with the Housing Element Update would implement MM NOI-1, which requires preparation of a noise analysis for any development that would locate noise producing mechanical systems within 25 feet of a project